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Router suggestions needed Also None 05-23-2006
Posted by Also None on May 23, 2006, 8:57 pm
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Hi all,

I am in the boonies with no hope of cable or dsl and the cost of
satilite is out of the question. I have a small network and running
xp pro using a router as a switch. I know there are routers with
dialup backup, but they seem out of reach too. I have several old
boxes that I could install dos. Is there any way to run such a box
through the wan port on the router so I could benefit from the
physical firewall? I found one program (Internet Extender v1.0b) but
the website doesn't answer. Would anyone have any other suggestions?

Regards,
George

Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on May 23, 2006, 11:11 pm
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Also None wrote:
> I have several old boxes that I could install dos. Is there any way
> to run such a box through the wan port on the router so I could
> benefit from the physical firewall? I found one program (Internet
> Extender v1.0b) but the website doesn't answer. Would anyone have
> any other suggestions?

Linux or BSD instead of DOS?

Posted by Imhotep on May 23, 2006, 11:27 pm
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Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:

> Also None wrote:
>> I have several old boxes that I could install dos. Is there any way
>> to run such a box through the wan port on the router so I could
>> benefit from the physical firewall? I found one program (Internet
>> Extender v1.0b) but the website doesn't answer. Would anyone have
>> any other suggestions?
>
> Linux or BSD instead of DOS?


Good suggestion. Linux/BSD makes a nice solution plus you can run it on
older hardware...

Im

Posted by Todd H. on May 24, 2006, 12:41 am
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> Hi all,
>
> I am in the boonies with no hope of cable or dsl and the cost of
> satilite is out of the question. I have a small network and running
> xp pro using a router as a switch. I know there are routers with
> dialup backup, but they seem out of reach too.

I have an aging SMC Barricade 7004ABR switch/router that has a com
port to fall back to an external modem and a printer port to boot.
Not SPI, but I think it may get you where you wanna go.


--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Posted by Todd H. on May 24, 2006, 1:08 am
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comphelp@toddh.net (Todd H.) writes:

> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am in the boonies with no hope of cable or dsl and the cost of
> > satilite is out of the question. I have a small network and running
> > xp pro using a router as a switch. I know there are routers with
> > dialup backup, but they seem out of reach too.
>
> I have an aging SMC Barricade 7004ABR switch/router that has a com
> port to fall back to an external modem and a printer port to boot.
> Not SPI, but I think it may get you where you wanna go.

For shits and giggles, i checked ebay for smc7004abr and wonder if $15
might be in the budget?


http://cgi.ebay.com/SMC-Barricade-SMC7004ABR-Router-w-Print-Server-Used_W0QQitemZ9731136827QQcategoryZ20325QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem




--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

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